Vintage Row House in East Lincoln Park Returns With New Features: 474 W. Deming
This 4-bedroom row house at 474 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park just came on the market.
But if it looks familiar, that means you’re a long time reader of Crib Chatter, because we chattered about this row house the last time it was on the market in 2012 and 2013.
You can see our May 2013 chatter here where the concerns seemed to be 1) the price 2) that it’s in Alcott and 3) the outdoor parking.
As you may recall, it was built in 1882 on a 20×74 lot and has many of its vintage features including crown molding, a beautiful wood banister, leaded windows, 2 decorative fireplaces and high ceilings.
The house also has skylights.
In 2013, the kitchen was replaced when the row house wasn’t selling and it sold quickly after that move.
It still has that kitchen which has white cabinets, stainless steel Bosch and Viking appliances and a breakfast bar.
The listing says there’s a new hall bath with radiant heat.
There is also a new wall of custom closets in the master bedroom.
It has the preferred bedroom layout with 3 of the 4 bedrooms on the second floor. The fourth bedroom is in the lower level.
While the prior listing had a finished basement with a recreation room and bathroom, the listing says it was “recently built-out” and now has a wet bar, a fourth bedroom, a new full bath along with the return of the recreation room and a laundry room.
Other changes include a new spiral staircase to a composite roof deck with custom cedar pergola along with a dry bar with refrigerator (see the pictures in the listing, including a cool roof shot from a drone.)
The row house has central air and it still has 2-car outdoor parking behind the building.
Once again, the row house is still in the Alcott school district.
After finally selling in July 2013 for $1.026 million as a 3-bedroom, it has come on the market at $1.395 million as a 4-bedroom with a rooftop deck.
Are the concerns from the 2013 sale (the price, Alcott, and the outdoor parking) still issues in 2019?
Jenny Ames at Engel & Voelkers Chicago has the listing again. See the pictures and floor plan here.
474 W. Deming: 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 3,000 square feet (no square footage was listed last time)
- Sold in January 1993 for $266,000
- Sold in April 1995 for $307,500
- Sold in February 2001 for $640,000
- Was listed in July 2012 at $949,000
- Withdrawn in February 2013
- Re-listed in May 2013 with new kitchen at $999,000
- Sold in July 2013 for $1,026,000
- Listed in March 2019 at $1,395,000
- Taxes are now $20,828 (they were $14,922 in May 2013)
- Central Air
- 2 Decorative fireplaces
- 2 outdoor parking spaces behind property
- Skylights
- Bedroom #1: 17×13 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 19×13 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 10×12 (second floor)
- Bedroom #4: 16×11 (lower level)
- Recreation room: 19×18 (lower level)
- Deck: 19×53 (roof top- third floor)
Love the property, the price not so much.
This place is ridiculously narrow, 17 feet wide? I have my doubts that its the stated 19 feet in parts… Its so vertical as well, just horrible for a family with kids as seen by the photos, you get maybe what 800 sqft per floor if its actually 19 feet wide? And then 3 levels of living + a rooftop deck? Also can they actually count the basement square footage like they are in this listing? All for the cool price of 1.4 million and a 25k tax bill… what a deal!
Coincidentally, I just drove by this place the other day. It is located across the street from Lurie’s Children’s hospital (near Deming/Clark intersection). Looks like a nice house, and price is about right for the area.
I also live in a narrow (20 x 130 lot) 3 story+basement house, albeit a little larger at about 1,300 sf per floor. The interior width is 19′ wide with the back half of the house down to just 15′ wide due to a light-well. Livability really depends on how you have the rooms configured. For mine, 1st floor is all common area (living room, formal dining, kitchen, palour), 2nd floor is the study + 2 bedrooms, while the 3rd floor is the master bedroom and media room. The only time I really find the 3 story set-up annoying is when I want to grab a midnight snack in the middle of the night and have to go from the 3rd floor to the 1st floor kitchen.
“Are the concerns from the 2013 sale (the price, Alcott, and the outdoor parking) still issues in 2019?”
Yes. And I would say moreso at +35%.
A short walk away from (a) coffee (Collectivo and Starbucks) and (b) cupcakes (Molly’s). If there’s a liquor store nearby, they’ve covered all my vices so I’m in!
Nice. Be better if it were another block east, but nice. Lived on the corner at 2600 Lakeview for a couple years, and always admired these places. I’m glad to know that Molly’s is still open.
Off topic, but the dining room pic in this listing has me wondering: What’s your dining table size? I see all these beautiful 3/4 bed listings on here, in the $1 million + range, and folks have nice furnishings and presumably “love to entertain”, but they’ve only got 6 tops (and they don’t look like they expand or are simply storing another 2 or 4 chairs elsewhere). These families never have another family over?
“6 tops (and they don’t look like they expand or are simply storing another 2 or 4 chairs elsewhere)”
That table really looks like it would take a leaf or 2. With one or both in, the room would look cramped.
You think anyone leaves clutter like extra chairs around for well-done listing pix? They would get put out of frame, to put the best foot forward. Or, for a place like this, perhaps in storage.
Beautiful place with lovely vintage touches intact and a great location. I’d say it’s priced right. I don’t have an issue with outdoor parking, as any space one can get in this area is good. Local school doesn’t matter to me because my kids are high school and college. But it might be a concern for a family with younger kids. I hear Alcott has improved, however.
Someone spending $1.4 mln can probably afford Parker. Just saying.
@Dan #2 – the stats on Alcott (if you believe CPS) are pretty solid. One of the nice things about it is the before and after school hours – your kid can be there from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m – a godsend for most working parents. Compare this to Lincoln Elementary, where the earliest drop off is at 8:35 in the morning.
“Someone spending $1.4 mln can probably afford Parker.”
So, using redfin’s numbers, the monthly on the house is $7,458.
2 kids at FWP are about $5,500 per month (including summer months), and that is before the expected fundraising donations.
Can the typical buyer of a $1.4m home actually afford a $2.4m home?? Because that’s basically the equivalent.
Several families I know have left Lincoln and transferred to Alcott. A parent spoke at the CPS board meeting last month and testified to some pretty horrible behavior by the Lincoln Principal. I toured Alcott a few years back, I was impressed. But it does have a super early start time, and I need my rest.
The most impressive part of this listing was the aerial view of the deck, and what your future deck could look like, based on your neighbors.
I wouldn’t live vertically, but for the folks that don’t mind, this place is nicely done.